Several Massachusetts communities are taking precautions while officials search for a child rape suspect who is on the run.

Several Massachusetts communities are taking precautions while officials search for a child rape suspect who is on the run.

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Updated: 11:20 PM EDT Sep 26, 2014

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WEBVTT IS ARE. NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE. ALSO RIGHT NOW, A CHILD RAPE SUSPECT IS ON THE RUN CAPTURED ON SECURITY CAMERAS BUT STILL ON THE LOOSE. GREGORY LEWIS IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. OUR JOHN ATWATER IS IN IN WARREN TONIGHT. JOHN? J.C., HE KNOWS STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHAT THEY DID TODAY WAS STATION EXTRA OFFICERS HERE. THE SEARCH FOR ARE 26-YEAR-OLD GREG LEWIS IS PROMPTING EXTRA SECURITY. ROBO CALLS FROM POLICE ALERTING PARENTS. ALL ACTIVE CENTERS BEEN CANCELED. ITS NOT CLEAR WHY POLICE CONCERNED. HE KNOWS STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WHICH IS A HALF-HOUR AWAY ARE THE SOUTH BRIDGE HOME WHERE THE POLICE SAY HE BEAT UP, BOUND HIS STEPFATHER THURSDAY EVENING. THIS GENTLEMEN WAS LITERALLY SHACKLED HELD IN THE HOME WITH A METAL SHACKLE. POLICE SAY LEWIS LEFT THE HOME WITH A GUN AND WENT SOUTH WHERE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SPOTTED HIM IN VERNON, CONNECTICUT. POLICE SAY HE IS ON THE RUN LIKELY DRIVING A 2004 JEEP BECAUSE OF A PENDING STATUTORY RAPE CASE. HES WITH ON HOUSE ARREST. HE CUT OF THE GPS BRACELET, GOT AS FAR AS KENTUCKY THEN RETURNED TO THE FAMILY'S HOME THURSDAY. WE'RE BEING VIGILANT. A POLICE REPORT SHOWS THE PARENTS WORRIED THERE COULD BE MORE VIOLENCE TELLING POLICE HE WON'T GO TO JILL OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE BY COP. POLICE DO BELIEVE HE IS FAR BY NOW. THEY ARE STEPPING UP PATROLS UPS IN CASE HE RETURNS. THE SEARCH IS WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. AGAIN, POLICE DO BELIEVE THE SUSPECT IS TRYING TO GET FAR AWAY FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

Schools take precautions while officials hunt for child rape suspect

Several Massachusetts communities are taking precautions while officials search for a child rape suspect who is on the run.